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Heavy Equipment Maintenance at Wake Technical Community College

What traits are you looking for in a school for Heavy Equipment Maintenance, take a look at what Wake Technical Community College. We’ve gathered the following information to help you decide.

Wake Technical Community College sits in Raleigh, NC.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 60 heavy equipment maintenance degrees were awarded at Wake Technical Community College.

Online Class Availability at Wake Technical Community College

Many students take online classes at Wake Technical Community College. Of 24,609 students, 11,077 (45%) studied exclusively online and 7,234 (29%) took at least some classes online.

Heavy Equipment Maintenance Rankings at Wake Technical Community College

Rankings can help you compare Wake Technical Community College’s Heavy Equipment Maintenance program against other schools offering the same major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	North Carolina	#2 of 2
Best Value	North Carolina	#2 of 2
Best Schools (Quality)	Southeast (Region)	#28 of 46
Best Value	Southeast (Region)	#35 of 49
Best Value	Nationwide	#52 of 127
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#88 of 124

Student Demographics & Diversity

Take a look at the student demographics for Heavy Equipment Maintenance graduates at Wake Technical Community College, by degree type.

Program-wide, Heavy Equipment Maintenance graduates at Wake Technical Community College are 2% women (1) and 98% men (59).

Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate’s Program at Wake Technical Community College

Of the 9 associate’s heavy equipment maintenance graduates at Wake Technical Community College, 0% were women (0) and 100% were men (9).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Heavy Equipment Maintenance associate’s degree recipients at Wake Technical Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	4
Hispanic / Latino	2
Black / African American	1
American Indian / Alaska Native	1
Unknown	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of Heavy Equipment Maintenance associate’s degree recipients at Wake Technical Community College, higher than the national average of 27%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Heavy Equipment Maintenance Concentrations at Wake Technical Community College

This Heavy Equipment Maintenance program at Wake Technical Community College breaks down into more specific concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Heavy Equipment Maintenance	60

Top-Paying Careers for Heavy Equipment Maintenance Graduates

Graduates of the Heavy Equipment Maintenance program at Wake Technical Community College pursue many career paths. Below are the top-paying careers for Heavy Equipment Maintenance majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Wind Turbine Service Technicians	$74,051
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	$69,523
Millwrights	$69,067
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$68,487
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons	$54,995
Rail Car Repairers	$49,359
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	$39,180
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers	$36,138
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$31,702

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.